A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without
The doctor in Belgium who allegedly listed “Jewish-Israeli” in a nine-year-old’s medical report under the medical issues section has been suspended from his position, Times of Israel reported on Wednesday.
China showcased its military might in a parade Wednesday marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a show of strength as it seeks to wield greater influence on the global stage. Leader Xi Jinping, speaking before the parade, paid tribute to Chinese veterans of the war. Since coming to power in 2012, he […]
Handwritten and autographed halachic teshuvah by Rabbi Yosef Shaul Nathanson, Av Beis Din of Lvov and author of Shoel U’Meishiv, regarding a practical and intriguing halachic query posed by Rabbi
Hurricane Lorena formed off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and a tropical storm warning has been issued for parts for of the area, forecasters said Wednesday. The storm
Russia fired more than 500 drones and two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight, authorities said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s president and European leaders persevered with talks aimed at strengthening Ukrainian defenses and adding momentum to so far unsuccessful U.S.-led peace efforts. The main Russian nighttime targets were civilian infrastructure, especially energy facilities, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]
Rabbi Shimon Freundlich of Beijing, China, the Chabad shaliach of the Jewish kehilla in Beijing since 2001, wrote an article that was published in the China Daily in commemoration of
Leftist anarchists claiming they are acting on behalf of the hostages launched three days of protests on Wednesday morning, with the focus of their riots in Jerusalem, mainly near the
The head of the Mujahideen Brigades terror group, Musbah Salim Musbah Dayyah, was eliminated last week in a joint operation in Nuseirat by the IDF and Shin Bet, the IDF
The UN nuclear watchdog has reignited a long-dormant controversy over Syria’s past nuclear activities, telling member states Monday that it has discovered man-made uranium particles at a location tied to the Deir Ezzor complex — the site Israel destroyed in a 2007 airstrike. The International Atomic Energy Agency report, obtained by Reuters, said inspectors collected […]
A Florida man who stockpiled an arsenal of weapons, tactical gear, and attack plans targeting Jewish and Black Americans has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, the Justice Department
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google’s search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government’s attempt to break up the company and impose other restraints. The 226-page decision made by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., will likely […]
Are the laws of harchakos ever relaxed? How do changes in travel, stress, or health affect the regular patterns halacha takes into account in this area? When must one ask a
This morning, JCRC-NY CEO Mark Treyger celebrated Governor Hochul’s signing of a new law that will foster safer and more inclusive learning environments for marginalized college students in New York,
Amazon is ending a program that allows members of its Prime membership subscription program to share their free shipping benefits with people who don’t have the same primary address. In
I am a balebos who lives out of town and comes into Lakewood periodically for work. On a recent occasion, I had to leave my home town without catching a
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio has thrown his political weight behind Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, endorsing the Queens assemblyman’s insurgent bid for City Hall with a sweeping declaration that his progressive agenda is the only way to rescue New York City from spiraling inequality. In a New York Daily News op-ed published Tuesday, de Blasio […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a frequent critic of Israel and one of Congress’s most controversial figures, is facing sharp scrutiny after new financial disclosures revealed she and her husband have amassed millions of dollars in assets — despite her repeated insistence that she was “barely worth thousands.” In a February 10 post on social media, […]
Mossad Director David Barnea on Tuesday night credited the spy agency’s “cunning, courage, and cutting-edge technology” for the stunning September 2024 operations that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and paralyzed the terror group’s command structure. Barnea spoke at a rare public ceremony where dozens of Mossad operatives — their backs turned to cameras to conceal […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from state and local officials in both cities. Asked by reporters in the Oval Office about sending National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump said, “We’re going in,” but added, “I didn’t say […]
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